Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

The First Duty (1992)

Ray Walston: Boothby

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• Capt. Picard : I would never have graduated if you...

  Boothby : You made a mistake. There isn't anybody among us who hasn't been young enough to make at least one.

  Capt. Picard : Nevertheless...

  Boothby : You did what you had to do, what you thought was best. I just made sure that you listened to yourself. You needed to get your bearings; I knew that. The important thing is what you did with your life afterwards; seems you did okay. That's enough thanks for me.

• Boothby : [on seeing Picard for the first time since his Academy years]  What happened to your hair?

• Capt. Picard : You could use a good herbicide instead of pulling the weeds with your bare hands.

  Boothby : M-hm... And you could explore space on a holodeck instead of a starship.

• Boothby : [on Nova Squadron]  To the other cadets, the members of that team are gods; and that's a hard image to live up to. But Nick Locarno, he watches out for them. He keeps them together. Nick is what makes that team special. He's their coach, surrogate father and best friend, all in one - a natural leader. The members of that team love him. If he asks them to do something, they do it - even if it means going right over a cliff.